Amazon trade in program ~ text book, movies and electronics

The following is a guest post by Linda Stacy who is a wonderful person and a smart cookie. You can follow her on Twitter @lindastacy.

The Trade-in Stores Can be a Good Way to Make Money Online

Everyday thousands, probably hundreds of thousands of people search the Internet for ways to make money online from home. It’s a common question on message forums, countless people create
blogs about it, and unfortunately, far too many people fall victim to the ever increasing number of scams and bad money-making ideas being advertised.

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You Never Lose ~ A Great Way to Save Money and Have Fun

As a mom to 3 boys, I’m always looking for ways to find deals and spend less. So when I found this new penny auction site, I thought it would be a great idea to blog about it.

The concept of this site is simple: you never lose. There are several penny auction sites already online but this one is different.
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Choose love not fear in 2012

Fear can stop you from feeling joy. Are you experiencing joy in your daily life?
When you wake up do you say to yourself: Oh yay – what a great day I have ahead of me!
Or do get up you dragging your feet and wondering why each day seems to be a boring repetition of the previous day?
I’ve been studying ways to elevate joy in my life… Some people call this raising your happiness level. I always tell everyone that happiness is a decision. I decided a while ago that I wanted to be happy every single day of my life. I want to wake up and feel joy not just when I achieve the goals that I have set for myself, but also during the journey of reaching them. I want to always be joyful. I truly believe that this is possible.
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Key to My Heart Poem

Who holds the keys to your heart?
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How Technology Has Changed Raising Children

A lot has changed in parenting in very few years due to technology. A mom’s daily life wasn’t as fast paced as nowadays. Although in some ways this isn’t the best thing, there are certainly a lot of awesome gadgets that have been created and has made life easier for a mother.
I found a cool infographic about how technology has changed raising children.
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Play toddler games online

There are so many wonderful sites for little ones out there. I have created a list of toddler websites with online games to play that will not only entertain your toddler but also teach them certain skills.These sites cover lots of different skills such as eye hand coordination, sound identification, vocabulary, shape sorting and more.
Here at the top you will find a clickable table of contents to make things easier for you to navigate. You can also simply scroll if you prefer.
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Short Broken Heart Poems

I wrote this poem a while ago…
This week I was inspired to paint a watercolor to illustrate it.
My scanner’s not working.. so I took a picture.
Even though it’s not the best picture,
it gives you a notion of what it looks like.
I hope it speaks to you in some way.
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How Dangerous is Cell Phone Bacteria?

This week I found a cool infographic.

It really opened my eyes about how dangerous it can be to not clean our cell phones.
A lot of bacteria and other germs accumulate on them and can cause serious illnesses. There’s actually 18 times more bacteria on a cell phone than on a toilet flush handle!!

Spreading the Word

If you’re a teacher or just want to spread the word to help educate others about this, you can download the PDF version to it and print it out as a poster for your classroom, home or work environment.
Click on this link for that.
I wanted to share this great infographic with my readers. If you have a website or a blog you can also embed it for your own readers by copying and pasting the HTML code and changing the width size to fit your theme.
Here’s the link that has the embed code.

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Children’s & family entertainment – Mike da Mustang

The other day I found a really cool cartoon ( Mike da Mustang ) that teaches family values and decided to share it with my readers.
I have found that watching great movies and cartoons has been one of the best ways to have fun during family get togethers. And FUN is the word to think of when planning family time. Research has shown that bonding happens when people laugh together. And as parents, we want to form that special bond and also create memories that bring smiles to our kids` faces in the years to come.
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